I remember when I was a kid (around 5 or 6) that most of the comics that I read were 'Archie' comics. That's the problem with having two older sisters. I had an entire box filled with Archie, Betty & Veronica, etc. It wasn't until my Mom decided that I probably needed something less goofy. In her eyes, that meant buying Richie Rich, Red Hot and Casper.

All the other kids trading comics wanted to kick my ass.

Eventually, I moved onto Green Lantern and then fell in love with the Justice League. Around that time they started airing 'Superfriends' and I was hooked.

I was sooooooo in love with the Black Canary. Meow.

As I reached the ages of around 10 or so I started noticing how the women were drawn. That, some might say, was the nail in my coffin. I finally stopped collecting when I was about 18 and sort of missed it. I still don't read now, but I'll occaissionally pick something up just to see what I've been missing.

age six i was thinking, "whats another thing in addition to the psychoses and insecurities my family will pass on to me i can pick up to make women think i'll be even more of a reject over the next 10 years?"

first comic: marvel team annual number 4. 1979. on the way from a dentist checkup. really got into them when i was 10, when black and white shit like TMNT asploded. x-men was in the golden years then, byrne and claremont writing the best stories ever. modern hacks cant hold their jocks.